Improved car-coupxjng



J'. K. LANDIS.

Car Coupling. No. 83,715. Patented Nov. 3, 1868.

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To all whom it may concern J. K.- LANDIS, OFPALMYRA, PENNSYLVANIA,

Letters Patent No. 83,715, dated November 3, 1868.

HEPRGVED CAR-UOUFLHEG:

The Schedule referred. to in these Letters Patent and making port oi the lune.

Be it known that I, J. K. Lu'ms, of Palmyra, in the county of Lebanon, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car- Gouplings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, suificient to enable others skilledin the art to which the invention appertains, to fully understand and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

'vvhicl are made a part of this specification and of Figure l is a longitudinal section of two car-trucks, coupled by my improved device;

- Figure 2 is a transverse section, presenting a rear view of one of the draw-heads and its appurtenances.

"Figure 3 is a front view of one of the coupling-appliances pertaining thereto.

Figure 4 is a plan view of one of the coupling-links or shackles.

vSimilar letters of reference indicate parts in the several figures.

The subject of this invention is a novel and simple device, which is scli operating in the act of coupling the cars together, and which enables the uncoupling to he eifected with great facility, the link requiring to be elevated to but a very slight extent-in order to liberate the coupling-link.

A A may represent draw-heads, secured to their respective trucks, B B, in. any suitable manner. To each of the draw-heads a'link or shackle, O, is permanently attached by means of the screw-bolts D, and nuts at The bolts D occupy slots, a a, in the oppo- Bite vertical sides of the draw-heads A A,-and the links 0 O arethereby permitted toadj ust themselves vertically, in order-to conform to the draw-heads when adjacent corresponding the latter'aesume diiierent vertical positions Each link being held by the rod or bolt D of one car, is caught and held at its opposite end by the coupling-pine of the adjacent car. This pin, e, is supported by a short rock-shaft, f; having its bearings near the upper and rear part of the draw-head A; as shown in figs. 1 and 2; The pin 0 occupies an opening in the rock-shaftj} and is adapted to slide vertically therein. The rockshaft f also serves as an axis upon which the couplingpin-e may vibrate in a vertical plane. 9 is a link' or rod, jointed at its respective ends to the coupling-pin 6, and to the lever G, which lever, being confined upon the truck by suitable socket-plates; g g, may be turned by foot or hand, so as to slightly raise the pin 0. When the-cars are coupled, the eifect of this upward movement of the pin is to cause the lower end of the latter to clear the top of the pivoted or swinging plate h,

When the cars are brought together to be coupled,

the link 0 pushes back the pin 0, till the latter passes the swinging plate h, and falls into the oblongslot 0 of the link. The pin a then catches against the upper end of the plate h, which cannot vibrate in a forward direction farther than the vertical position in which it is represented in fig. 1, in consequence of being opposed in that direction by the abutment'i. The link 0 may be counterbalanced, so as to maintan its proper horizontal position. Owing to. the slight movement required to remove the link 0 from its support h; the

uncoupling of the cars may be efi'ected with great expeditiou aud facility.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new herein, and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent, is-

1. Thepin e, and the rock-shaft f, in combination with the swinging plate h, all being applied to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose set,

forth.

2., The link 0, constructed as shown, and secured to the draw-head by a screw-bolt, D, occupying slots to in the draw-head, as and for the purpose set forth. a 

